Reid, Ira De Augustine

Scope and Contents This folder contains over 100 letters written by Charles A Thrall during his sophomore year at Haverford and during the summer of 1961. Most letters are to his parents, and other frequent recipients include his former Boy Scout Troop, his maternal and paternal grandfathers, close friend Herbert Blumberg (Class of 1963), and friends and family from his hometown, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Most letters detail his busy life at Haverford, and some letters written during the summer reference the...

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The series includes one notebook, correspondence about the study, a project proposal, and two copies of the study, one with an added appendix of photographs and maps.

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This folder contains a clipping with information about professor Ira DeA. Reid and a copy of “Haverford College Horizons” 1963, which includes a photo of Thrall as a Boy Scout leader for Bryn Mawr Troop 226.

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This collection, dating from 1942 to 1953, depicts the speakers at the Frankford Friends Forum, which was started in 1930 and would feature a lecture on social justice issues. Speakers like Scott Nearing and Bayard Rustin are photographed and included in the collection of black and white photographs of forum speakers.

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This collection contains the papers of Paul Channing Jefferson, associate professor emeritus of history at Haverford College. These papers include manuscript and published materials pertaining to Jefferson's scholarship, course materials, and Jefferson's doctoral thesis.

Abstract The papers of Greek Classicist, Levi Arnold Post, 1889-1971, who spent most of his career teaching and writing at Haverford College as a professor of Greek. He was a prolific correspondent and most of the collection contains his correspondence, primarily with his peers, though there are some early letters to his mother, as well as letters by his sister, Amy, also to her mother. Known for his work on Plato, he was a scholar of Menander, a concentration reflected in his correspondence and...

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These papers consists primarily of correspondence between Haverford College Professor of Sociology Dr. Ira De Augustine Reid and various individuals regarding the forced surrender of his passport by the U.S. Department of State in 1952 due to Reid's suspected affiliation with the Communist Party.

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This collection includes Charles A. Thrall’s (Class of 1963) course materials, research projects, and correspondence during his time as a student at Haverford College, as well as some publications after his graduation.